WASHINGTON -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Monday that he did not tweet a Jewish starin his attack on former presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, even as the leading group fighting anti-Semitism said he was "sourcing material from some of the worst elements in our society."

Dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as the Star of David rather than a Sheriff's Star, or plain star!

Trump campaign adviser Ed Brookover told CNN Monday that there "was never any intention" of anti-Semitism.

"Not every six-sided star is a Star of David," Brookover said. "We've corrected this tweet and have moved on."

The Clinton campaign didn't accept the explanation.

"Donald Trump's use of a blatantly anti-Semitic image from racist websites to promote his campaign would be disturbing enough, but the fact that it's a part of a pattern should give voters major cause for concern," said the campaign's director of Jewish outreach, Sarah Bard, in a statement Monday.

"Trump should be condemning hate, not offering more campaign behavior and rhetoric that engages extremists," Bard said. "The president should be someone who brings Americans together, not someone who sends signals and offers policies of division."

Trump quickly responded with his own statement accusing Clinton of trying to change the subject from her own ethical issues.

"These false attacks by Hillary Clinton trying to link the Star of David with a basic star, often used by sheriffs who deal with criminals and criminal behavior, showing an inscription that says 'Crooked Hillary is the most corrupt candidate ever' with anti-Semitism is ridiculous," he said. "Clinton, through her surrogates, is just trying to divert attention from the dishonest behavior of herself and her husband."

He initially tweeted a picture of Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, against a backdrop of dollar bills with the slogan, "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!" in a six-pointed star that is used by the Jewish people and appears on the Israeli flag.

The head of the Anti Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, wrote in the Hill, a newspaper covering Congress, that he thought it was "outrageous" to see Trump "sourcing material from some of the worst elements in our society."

"We've been troubled by the anti-Semites and racists during this political season, and we've seen a number of so-called Trump supporters peddling some of the worst stereotypes all through this year," Greenblatt wrote. "For those people who say that you can write this off, and that calling it out is simply political correctness, it's crazy."